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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: Clemens Landis <claims_landis@yahoo.ie>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:38:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: The UK National Lottery (Commence with claims process imm
COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM
16 /07/2007.
EDDA WAGSTEIN
I am an official claims agent to the UK National Lottery Claims Department assigned to assist you in processing the claims to your prize winning in the THE ONLINE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY draw 1205 held on the 7TH JULY 2007.
Please send in the following details to my desk:
Full Names.
Address.
Age.
Occupation.
A scanned copy of either your Driver's licence(or)
International Passport (photo page).
Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is
exactly two weeks after the receipt of the first NOTICE. After this period,
your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.
Congratulations once again.
Please respond within the next 24hrs to the email address below.
Clemens Landis (Claims agent).
E-mail: claims_landis@yahoo.ie
PHONE #+44-704-573-6195
+44-704-573-6291
Sincerely,
Clemens Landis
(Claims agent)
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
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